[Roccus]

Back then, there was a rifle team with a range in the sub-basement of my NYC private high school.

[Baynative]

In the 50s, I was in grade school in Denver and my favorite day of the week was Wednesday when we got to leave school early to go to the firing range at the National Guard Armory.

I earned my first gun, a .22 cal Winchester Rifle by selling subscriptions to Boy's Life Magazine - it came in the mail.